As a director, try to be humble and not to overdo it, not overcoverage and over-covering the scene.

In a career, when you hit 40 and you've done a lot of this and that, you want to try some new things. I feel like that as a director, too, from one film to the other.

I'm from the 'less is more' school. I had to be in the 'more is more' zone with 'Dallas Buyers Club', so I was out of my comfort zone, but I had to trust that.

I'm always aiming for some magic in films if I can find a mystical quality either in a song or in a moment or a character's intention.

You've got to trust your instincts, your judgment and trust the storytelling that came before and the quality of the acting with the emotion.

There's a way of filming where you can get rid of the vanity and of trying to make something beautiful.

Just film what's there, trust what came before, one hour before, and make it easy.